A Lyrics Site Goes Legit

April 3rd, 2008
Gracenote announced a couple years ago that it was entering a new line of business, to go along with CD and music recognition services: it would supply lyrics, fully licensed by the copyright owners, to websites and device makers. It has landed a few notable deals since then, including Yahoo and MTV, but today it's unveiling its most interesting new customer: MetroLyrics, a British Columbia-based site that specializes in song lyrics. The deal is a sign that at least some sites operating in a legal and ethical gray zone online are ready to join forces with copyright holders, if the terms make sense. read more

Entertainment Music Category in the USA: MetroLyrics in the top eight

April 1st, 2008
MetroLyrics.com is ranked as the eight largest music entertainment property on the Internet, closely behind AOL Music, Yahoo Music, MTV Networks Music, Artist Direct Network, MySpace Music, Clear Channel Online, and MSN Music (comscore March 2008 data). Ranking is based on the USA unique monthly visitors.

MetroLyrics Number 8 Entertainment Music Property in the USA

Rising Web Sites 2008: MetroLyrics.com

February 1st, 2008
MetroLyrics.com is in top 500 fastest growing web sites globally, and in 100 fastest growing sites in many countries.
Table below shows ranking based on the growth rate (data updated on February 1st, 2008).
Source: HitGeist.com


MetroLyrics.com 7th fastest growing web site in UK in 2007

December 4th, 2007
Source: Nielsen Online, UK NetView
Metrolyrics.com 7th fastest growing UK web site

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